Ness Point 45 Granville Road St Margarets Bay Dover Kent CT15 6DS Data via plota.co.uk

TC/26/00077 - Works to Trees in a Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Holm Oak (T1) crown reduce by 2 metres overall; Yew (T2) crown reduce by 1 metres overall; Pine (T3) reduce 3 lowest branches by 2 metres; Cherry (T4) crown reduce by 2 metres overall, all situated within a conservation area Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
9 Jun 2026
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Validated
10 Jun 2026
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Approved
22 Jul 2026

Approved on 22 Jul 2026 · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

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Site constraints 11

St Margaret's Bay conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Special area of conservation about 31 m away: Dover to Kingsdown Cliffs
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
SSSI about 31 m away: Dover to Kingsdown Cliffs SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 6
An estimated 30% or more of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
National landscape about 180 m away: Kent Downs; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the St Margaret's at Cliffe built-up area; Heritage coast about 31 m away: South Foreland; Priority habitat about 28 m away: Lowland calcareous grassland; Open access land about 30 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed..
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Dover
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Postcode
CT15 6DS
Received
9 Jun 2026
Validated
10 Jun 2026
Ward
Guston Kingsdown St Margarets-at-Cliffe
Parish
ST MARGARETS AT CLIFFE
Case officer
Show
Target decision
22 Jul 2026
Decision
Raise No Objection
Decision date
22 Jul 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Hythe Tree Care

How this decision compares

Decided in 42 days from validation, about the council's usual 42 days. Approved, as 95% of tree and landscaping works here are.

90%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
219decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Dover in the last twelve months, from validation. Dover decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 30 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
22 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2020 Approved
Littledown 36 Granville Road St Margarets Bay Dover Kent CT15 6DS
Crown lift one horse chestnut to 5 metres aove ground level, crown reduced by 20% and rem…
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The Cottage 31 Granville Road St Margarets Bay Dover Kent CT15 6DS
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2019 Approved
The Wheel House 42 Granville Road St Margarets Bay CT15 6DS
Erection of two storey side extension, detached garage, extension to front dormer window…
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2019 Approved
The Wheel House 42 Granville Road St Margarets Bay CT15 6DS
Erection of two storey side extension, detached garage, extension to front dormer window…
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2020 Approved
Ivy Bank 33 Granville Road St Margarets Bay CT15 6DS
Erection of single storey side extension, entrance canopy, dormer windows, excavation wor…
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2019 Approved
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T1 - Holm oak - removal of one forked bough
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2019 Approved
Lenox House 27 Granville Road St Margarets Bay Dover Kent CT15 6DS
T1 - Holm oak - removal of one forked bough
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2019 Approved
Littledown 36 Granville Road St Margarets Bay CT15 6DS
Erection of 2no. pillars, installation of 2400m high automated gate across driveway and r…
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2018 Approved
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Granville House 35 Granville Road St. Margaret's Bay CT15 6DS
Erection of hanging tiles to elevations, construction of swimming pool, replacement roof…
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Dover
Planning Authority Score
7.4/10
Good
#46 of 296 councils
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Dover is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #28 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

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Dover decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #151 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #151 of 296
83%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #28 of 296
31%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #57 of 296
72%
Minor dwellings approved
105 decided (1-9 homes)
83%
Major dwellings approved
18 decided (10+ homes)
82%
Change of use approved
56 decided
772
Total decisions
89 refused in the year to March 2026
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